Elk City Man Found Guilty of First Degree Murder – Sentenced

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April 17, 2023

By News Director Jared Atha

The Elk City man on trial for the murder of a 2-year-old boy has been found guilty.

24-year-old Troy Justice Jones was found guilty Friday night in Beckham County District court of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.

Jones was charged back in January 2021 for the crime that he claimed was an accident that resulted in the child’s death.

According to court documents, Jones was at an Elk City home with the child on the evening of January 20, 2021 when the boy suffered a head injury. Jones would tell police that the child had attempted to jump onto the toilet however landed on his back. Jones told police that he attempted to see if the boy was okay, and while doing so the boy had hit his head on the toilet. The boy was taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center and later transported to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

The child would pass away the following morning.

According to a probable cause affidavit, during the course of an investigation a doctor who treated the child at OU Medical Center would tell detectives that the injuries she observed were in her professional opinion caused by abuse. The doctor said that she has seen children fall from a two-story building that did not have injuries as severe as the one the child had.

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